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 "title": "Private sector businesses, England's regions and the UK's nations",
 "category": "economy",
 "summary": "Private sector businesses in England's nine regions, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with England and the UK, at the start of the latest two years, from the Department for Business and Trade's business population estimates.",
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 "notes": [
  "Every private sector business, from sole traders without employees to the largest employers, counted at the start of each year. The figures are rounded to the nearest 100, so the regions may not add up exactly to England. The chart leaves England and the UK to the table, since they would dwarf every region.",
  "The Department for Business and Trade publishes these estimates as official statistics in development since 2024."
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  "tier": "region",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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     "x": "South West",
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    },
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